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'''Note:''' if I don't answer your message, please don't take offense. I have limited time to edit this site... I ''will'' try to get back to you though.

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== Keeping Up Appearances tables ==

{{User:Ta bu shi da yu/navbox}}

Hi Mathew its Edito*Magic (also known as Chris C. Nichols)

[[Image:Bigpond unhelpful.PNG|thumb|Bigpond can sometimes be less than helpful... (this screenshot is legit, I took it)]]

I know you were one of the people who agreed with me on the discussion page that one neat table with all the Keeping Up Appearances specials together would look better than several separate tables per episodes, littered all over the page. I’m glad that you can see sense like I can. Hopefully we can make Updown see sense aswell. Please join in the debate further on the [[Wikipedia talk:Television episodes]]. Thanks! [[User:Edito*Magica|Edito*Magica]] 21:38, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

== Your assistance would be appreciated. ==

Given I'm not entirely certain what to do, now, with a personal-attack-fest I've stumbled into with [[User:IZAK]]. Would you mind reviewing the discussion at both [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Religious persecution by Jews|this VfD]] and [[User_talk:IZAK#Comment.|his talk]], and give me an idea as to what Wikipedians're supposed to do in such situations? (I've been looking for assistance two days now, and just stumbled across an old RfC relevant to this dispute. Your name was listed in support, if curious as to how I ended up here.)

:Posted by [[User:Shem Daimwood|Shem Daimwood]]. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 23:38, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

==Sorry, I just woke up==

[[User:El C|El_C]] 06:33, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

==[[User:Ta bu shi da yu/Focus article]]==

Is it appropriate for this page to be protected?<br/>[[User:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">brenneman</font>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">^(t)</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">^(c)</font>]] 07:19, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

:Yes. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 07:42, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

You wrote:

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It was being vandalised. It remains a target. It's a user space page, I should really be the only one editing it. - Ta bu shi da yu 07:39, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

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To which I have no reply except: Umm, what? I thought that protecting was meant to be the uber-last resort, and highly temporary. The edit history seems to indicate that there was one vandalism over a week ago. If I'm totally wrong (as is often the case) tell me. It's a real shame that I've managed to twist your knickers the first time we interact, and I'm sorry that I was brusque. It's a total non-issue, I simply thought it was odd. Ignore this if you want, erase it, heck erase it from ''my'' talk page if you want. I'm sure (this is totally without sarcasm, damn text for having no tone of voice) that you've got more important things to do than explain yourself to me. <br/>[[User:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">brenneman</font>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">^(t)</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">^(c)</font>]] 16:06, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

== GNAA Update ==

Pretty much, the page has been quiet. No chocalate boy, no GNAA troll, no nothing. [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 06:41, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

:Excellent. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 06:45, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

::Now, your sending it to FAC? I'm impressed. [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 06:55, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

::Also, if this is real [http://www.gnaa.us/pr.phtml?troll=gnaa-iraq], the GNAA will be in a huge pile of legal mess in the future. [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 08:12, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

== [[Authentic Matthew]] ==

The results were

*11 keep (one vote is a user's 8th edit)

*21 delete (one vote from a user with under 200 edits)

*4 merge

would you agree that "delete or merge" had a consensus majority? [[User:-Ril-|<nowiki>~~</nowiki><nowiki>~~</nowiki>]] 08:40, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

I thought consensus was 66% anyway? [[User:-Ril-|<nowiki>~~</nowiki><nowiki>~~</nowiki>]] ( [[User:-Ril-/BadBoy|!]] | [[User:-Ril-/Newgate|?]] | [[User:-Ril-/Nissa|*]] ) 12:21, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

== Quote ==

I hope you don't mind, but I've taken your comment from -Ril-'s talk page for my user page. I really think it's a great line, and wish to share it with others. If you are at all bothered, I will understand entirely if you edit it out of my user page (waiving the usual protections). -[[User:Harmil|Harmil]] 13:05, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

== -Ril- ==

I have unblocked Ril.

While I can appreciate your frustration, and while you are correct that Ril's relisting of [[Authentic Matthew]] was uncalled for, a block is not a suitable response.

The "disruption" provision of [[Wikipedia:Bans and blocks]] is intended to stop users who can't be stopped any other way. I don't believe that Ril is in that category. I also believe that there was insufficient warning and discussion before the block.

I will be watching Ril and will remove any VfD listing he makes for Authentic Matthew myself.

[[User:UninvitedCompany|The Uninvited]] Co., [[User_talk:UninvitedCompany|Inc.]] 14:56, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

:Oh! I thought this was about [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Historical persecution by Muslims]], but apperently nyet. You must have been thinking: 'El_C is such an idiot [more so than usual], what the hell isn't he jibberinging on now?' Indeed. :( [[User:El C|El_C]] 15:29, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

What -Ril- did with relisting was foolish, but I, too, wondered about its rising to the level of a block. It seemed more rational just to delist the article. What's foolish is that there really isn't any need for a new VfD. It would be possible to do a merge, with deletions from the article as bits were merged, and an edit making the suspect article simply say, "The term "Authentic Matthew" is used by some to refer to an hypothetical Book of Matthew. See the discussions under [[Book of Matthew]] and [[Jerome]] for more." No VfD involved, and yet the damage is undone, and I can't imagine the case anyone could make opposing it. Anyway, the article is very bad, and there is no way any of the "keep" voters were in accord with policy, but their inability to follow policy doesn't allow -Ril- to break policy by relisting it, I agree. I just don't get why the ''block.'' [[User:Geogre|Geogre]] 15:43, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

== Authentic Matthe (again) ==

*I recognise that there was no consensus to delete this article – and that is unlikely to change. But I still have grave concerns about it. I did warn –Ril- that his involvement in the second re-listing was likely to be counterproductive [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A-Ril-&diff=19363402&oldid=19361330] but to no avail. I am left wondering how many of the ‘keep’ votes were influenced by –Ril-‘s antics. But getting this article right is more important that –Ril-‘s behaviour.

Looking at the last vote [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Authentic Matthew]] 21d , 12k, 4m – I note that 4 of the ‘keep votes’ expressed a desire for a renaming. So that would indicate a 29-8 feeling that it was undesirable to have this article at this name. I'm wondering, whether as an impartial observer, you would consider that a fair interpretation of the debate?

Is there room for an acceptable compromise? I’d like to move it to [[Possible origins of Matthew’s Gospel]] and place it the context of the real scholarly debate on Matthew. There would some overlap with both the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and [[Synoptic problem]] – but that I for one could live with. I could just ‘be bold’ and do this, but it is likely to be reverted, and I’m likely to get abuse (from a mountain of socks), – so I’m looking for some agreement that this has a consensus – preferably from some of those who didn’t vote ‘delete’. Any comments? --[[User:Doc glasgow|Doc]] [[User talk:Doc glasgow|(?)]] 18:19, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Discuss at [[Talk:Authentic Matthew#-a compromise?]]

== GNAA todo ==

I created this [[User:Zscout370/GNAA to do]], see what you think. I mainly condensed what we need to do, mainly grabbed what we need to do from the FAC. [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 07:45, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

:Also, if this article should go to FAC the second time, let me do the nomination, please. [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 05:14, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

==Zoroastrianism==

You may be interested in participating in [[Talk:Christianity_and_world_religions#Vote|this vote]]. [[User:KHM03|KHM03]] 15:38, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

==Image:CUPS_process.PNG==

Hi. I noticed that you made four edits over twenty-three minutes to the above compare, and I'd like to point out that the Preview button is most useful for doing its namesake :) - [[User:Goodgerster]]

== The New South Wales High Schools ==

Thank you for taking care of this problem, Ta bu shi da yu! This should cut down drastically the time we spend on RC Patrols... [[User:OwenX|OwenX]] 01:14, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of of the IP's even though it's unfortunate that they had to permanetly blocked but it was a last resort I guess. <small>[[User:Jtkiefer|<font color="FF9900">Jtkiefer<font>]] ^{[[User_talk:Jtkiefer|<font color=#00A86B>T</font>]] | [[Special:Emailuser/Jtkiefer|<font color="FF0033">@</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jtkiefer|<font color="0000FF">C</font>]]</small>} ----- 07:49, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

== The meaning of your screen name eludes me. ==

Ta bu shi da yu,

The elements of your screen name look like pinyin characters of Mandarin Chinese, but I have only taken one semester in college, at [http://www.fsu.edu The Florida State University], and I just barely passed the class. I would be grateful if you could tell me the meaning of your screen name, but, to be a team player, and amuse you, I would like to guess first.

I think "Ta bu shi da yu" means something like "It is not fighting language" or possibly, "It is not fish language."

Am I close? What is it? Thank you.--[[User:GordonWattsDotCom|GordonWattsDotCom]] 15:42, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

:I just tracked down a native-chinese speaker in my reserach group (it's a computer engineering group, so tracking down native Chinese speakers is a helleva lot easier than tracking down native english speakers). She said that she couldn't be sure (because the "levels" are missing) but if she had to guess, it could be translated as "I do not like fishing" :) [[User:Raul654|&rarr;Raul654]] 15:55, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

::There should be a FAQ:

::*[[User talk:Ta bu shi da yu/Archive1#Question]]

::*[[User talk:Ta bu shi da yu/Archive1#Name]]

::*[[User talk:Ta bu shi da yu/Archive3#Wikipedia:WikiProject Sydney]]

::*[[User talk:Ta bu shi da yu/Archive4#Ta bu shi da yu]]

::*[[User talk:Ta bu shi da yu/Archive7#Random question]]...

::Something to do with [[Kuro5hin]], IIRC. -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 16:31, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

::There's some minor ambiguity due to the missing tone marks. From what TBSDY has said it's supposed to be "Tā bú shì dà yú" ("he/she/it is not a big fish"), but if it was "Tā bú shì dǎ yú" it could be taken to mean "he/she/it isn't someone who fishes / likes to fish", though that's not particularly grammatical or meaningful. --[[User:MarkSweep|MarkSweep]] 17:32, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

:::Yes, of course, the tone marks: I remember them. There are four: "Rising," "Falling," "Constantly emphasized," and "Falling and then rising again." (That's just my way of describing them, as I remember from my class.) I have misplaced my Chinese-to-American dictionaries, which I saved from my college days, but even without the tome marks, I could probably look at the various possibilities and make a good guess. Of course, if I were a native speaker, and/or had not misplaced my dictionaries, and/or had the missing tone marks, I would no doubt do better. (By the way, it was HARD to find any online dictionaries, but I found a little bit of info.)

:::'''''PS:''''' Ta bu shi da yu, thank you for making a note on my user talk page to check out the FAQ section, but rest assured, I had put your page on my watch list for now so I could see if there were any replies. Just a second: Let me look at your links above in another window -I'll be right back: OK, I'm back. Yes, I do recall your photo, and you did look Caucasian (White), but I wasn't sure. [[User_talk:Ta_bu_shi_da_yu/Archive7#Random_question|This link]] was helpful in resolving racial identity ambiguity. [[User_talk:Ta_bu_shi_da_yu/Archive1#Name|This link]] told us it means: "He is not a big fish," and I am sure it could be extended to mean "He/SHE/It is not a big fish." Thank you for explaining [http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/6/29/84529/0770 here] about your perusing through your Mandarin textbook. <s>Oh, yes, '''thank you, MarkSweep''' for providing the links here!</s> I made a typo, which I'm fixing here: Thank you Kuro5hin for the links, and I also thank Mark for the comment on the tones: I had forgotten what to call them.--[[User:GordonWattsDotCom|GordonWattsDotCom]] 20:19, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

::You are entirely welcome. -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 08:44, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

::::Are you being sarcastic? This is an honest question, I really can't tell, I'm not very good at detecting online sarcasm. --[[User:MarkSweep|MarkSweep]] 00:02, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

:::::No. Sorry for the ambiguity. I was being literal, not sarcastic. I wasn't, like, poking fun at somebody for chosing a funny name or for providing helpful links. You were the one who reminded me what the marks were called, when I couldn't reembmer the phrase "tone marks." Thanks. I'm just curious: What part of my post looked less than a real or authentic question? Maybe the fact that I payed such attention to a small matter like a screen name? Thanks in advance.--[[User:GordonWattsDotCom|GordonWattsDotCom]] 01:14, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

::::::Well, then don't think twice about it. It wasn't your original question that I was confused about, only your most recent posting. As I said, my online sarcasm detector is a bit off, and I'm not used to people being very polite around here. --[[User:MarkSweep|MarkSweep]] 01:47, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

:::::::No problemo... We're the "underpaid and overworked" masses -not getting paid a thing to post (and argue, lol) here. When you get lots of people in a small space (or page), and they are underpaid, things can get snarly on ocassion, and I do admit it's hard to be polite on how much I'm paid, sometimes. I think I spend too much time online anyhow, so I hope to discipline myself on that.--[[User:GordonWattsDotCom|GordonWattsDotCom]] 02:34, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

::::::::I didn't mean to suggest you were not being polite &ndash; on the contrary, you were very polite, which is rare around here. That's why my sarcasm detector misfired: for a moment I mistook you being very polite for sarcasm, and I'm happy to find out I was wrong. --[[User:MarkSweep|MarkSweep]] 05:58, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

:::::::::My head hurts... - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 06:01, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

==DYK==

Please follow the instructions if you're going to update DYK, the template shouldn't have been updated until 6:00 UTC. And don't use it a a platform to promote your own articles, it's a courtesy to include them on the page so the admin that does update the template has an variety of items to choose from.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 02:37, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

== User page protection ==

[[Image:WikiThanks.png]] Thanks Ta bu! &ndash; [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] ^{([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]]) ([[Wikipedia:Image sleuthing|sleuth]])} 04:08, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

== Images on [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 2, 2005]] ==

Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/August_2%2C_2005&diff=prev&oldid=20150104

Just wanna say I have no problem with either images on [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 2, 2005]]. I just want the narrow one to be displayed better on the MainPage. Take it easy, pal. -- [[User:PFHLai|PFHLai]] 05:58, 2005 August 3 (UTC)

== Autism article resubmitted to peer review ==

Hi Tabushidayu your comments were really helpful last time on the peer review, perhaps when you have time/get back from your break you could comment [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Autism|here]] again? Its a world different then last time. --[[User:RN|RN]] 07:01, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

== Re: Autism ==

Wow! Thanks for your comments :). About splitting it up - I've thought of that, but the problem is that note of the particular sections are really that big... any suggestion you have would be a good one at this point :). --[[User:RN|RN]] 08:28, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

==Unblock me please==

My IP is 195.93.21.34. I'm not the chappie responsible for the Jesus vandalism.[[User:GordyB|GordyB]] 19:51, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

== Your question ==

No, I am not an admin at Wikipedia. [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 23:41, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

*Yes, I will accept adminship if offered. [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 03:27, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for your supportive words. [[User:Jayjg|Jayjg ]]^{<font color="DarkGreen">[[User_talk:Jayjg|(talk)]]</font>} 00:13, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

== Zscout370 ==

Sorry I beat ya to it at [[RfA]]. I didn't know you were gonna do it... Anyways feel free to add to why he should be an admin :) [[User:Redwolf24|Redwolf24]] 04:01, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

== Blocked Vandal ==

You said on 203.166.99.252's talk page that you were issuing a permanent block. That was on August 2nd. There were more vandalisms on August 3rd and 4th. I don't know how long it takes for blocks to take effect, but just thought I'd let you know in case this is a problem. [[User:Icarus3|Icarus]] 05:10, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

:Blocks take place immediately. The person must've been unblocked... Also just like to say Ta Bu, check your main page... I err vandalized it... [[User:Redwolf24|Redwolf24]] 05:48, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

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On [[User talk:203.166.99.252]], you said:

:''No longer blocked indefinitely. I will keep blocking for one hour everytime a new bit of vandalism happens. That should slow people down. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:14, 3 August 2005 (UTC)''

Are you sure this is a good idea? Here is some of their vandalism from the last day or so:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sydney&diff=prev&oldid=20242094]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ada_King%2C_Countess_of_Lovelace&diff=prev&oldid=20232298]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Henry_Hwang&diff=prev&oldid=20232607]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diaphragm_%28anatomy%29&diff=prev&oldid=20238889]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dean_%28religion%29&diff=prev&oldid=20242634]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20165885]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashkenazi&diff=prev&oldid=20231350]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dog&diff=prev&oldid=20232532]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Henry_Hwang&diff=prev&oldid=20232570]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAS_syndrome&diff=prev&oldid=20230981]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ada_King%2C_Countess_of_Lovelace&diff=prev&oldid=20232226]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Henry_Hwang&diff=prev&oldid=20232654]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cave_Cricket&diff=prev&oldid=20232949]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Star&diff=prev&oldid=20234960]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Star&diff=prev&oldid=20235232]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Girraween%2C_New_South_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=20236490]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ta_bu_shi_da_yu&diff=prev&oldid=20240044]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20165698]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ada_King%2C_Countess_of_Lovelace&diff=prev&oldid=20231833]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dean_%28religion%29&diff=prev&oldid=20240037]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ZGMF-X19A_Infinite_Justice_Gundam&diff=prev&oldid=20232035]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahatma_Gandhi&diff=prev&oldid=20240149]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Ghan&diff=prev&oldid=20242007]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20165797]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAS_syndrome&diff=prev&oldid=20230939]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blah&diff=prev&oldid=20234084]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graphite-reinforced_plastic&diff=prev&oldid=20242630]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mollymook&diff=prev&oldid=20162573]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20165616]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20165895]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gough_Whitlam&diff=prev&oldid=20230806]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ada_King%2C_Countess_of_Lovelace&diff=prev&oldid=20232189]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ada_King%2C_Countess_of_Lovelace&diff=prev&oldid=20232247]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emergency_contraception&diff=prev&oldid=20239707]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20165683]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20165694]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unified_Modeling_Language&diff=prev&oldid=20166043]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_6&diff=prev&oldid=20238127]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morning-after_pill&diff=prev&oldid=20239523]

The one-hour blocks don't seem to slow them down all that much... I think your original action is the only one that will solve this problem. [[User:OwenX|OwenX]] 13:24, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

... [[User:MinorEdit]], one of our contributors, gets blocked if I block those IP addresses. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 23:41, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

:I see...that is a problem! But these seem like static IPs; doesn't [[User:MinorEdit]] get the same IP assigned each time? If so, at least we can eliminate ''most'' of the problem that way. The long term solution is to have a developer change the IP blocking code so that IP blocks can, when desired, block only anonymous users from those IPs, without affecting registered users. Combine that with a three-day waiting period for new accounts from these IPs (which has already been proposed for ''all'' new accounts!), and we have a real solution.

:P.S.: Don't leave! We need people like you here! [[User:OwenX|OwenX]] 00:06, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

== Microsoft Jet ==

Ta bu, happy to help. If you see me on IRC, please IM me, [[User:Jguk|jguk]] 17:35, 4 August 2005 (UTC)